Escape from Alcatraz
No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960.Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island.Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $43M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
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What It's About
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San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Escape from Alcatraz appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #27
Placed at #27 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Escape from Alcatraz returned 5.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $43M
- Release date
- Jun 22, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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